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  "path": "/2026/02/18/ai-vs-net-zero-the-uk-next-climate-battle/",
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  "textContent": "As a data centre construction boom sweeps the UK, creating soaring electricity demands that threaten to decimate climate targets, opportunist politicians and commentators are using this new phenomenon to undermine the clean energy transition. In recent months, Conservative shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho, Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice, as well as the party’s head […]\n\nThe post AI vs. Net Zero: The UK’s Next Climate Battle appeared first on DeSmog.",
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